Monday, January 28, 2008

How you can take advantage of elearning

1) Familiarize your self with internet,interactive whiteboards,visualizers and other interactive classroom tools,if you are not familiar. Learn how to search information on the net. Lot of people know about the search engine Google but what they don't know is how to use it. For example if you are looking for definitions of some terms say 'e learning', then write define:e learning in the Google search box. Similarly If you want to read reviews about a particular movie say 'Die Hard' , then write movie:Die hard in the google search box. To learn more about Google search click here: Google Search




2)The course curriculum guidelines contain course description, objectives, requirements, testing and assignments. So go through it properly.


3) Use Blogs, communities, podcasts, RSS feeds, Video conferencing,chat rooms, forums, groups etc to interact with trainers and other learners.



4) Since online education tends to be lonesome, boring and tiring therefore it is very important that you motivate yourself from time to time and remain focused.



5) Create your own study schedule and stick to it at all cost. Set realistic goals on daily basis. Evaluate your performance on weekly basis.



6) Don't forget about n etiquettes while interacting with online community. Respect other people privacy and opinions. If you will be rude then people will not share there knowledge with you.


7)Use interactive whiteboards to take advantage of e learning. It can be used to display websites and to evaluate online discussions.



Source:

Interactive Whiteboards and E Learning advantages

ICT Solutions India and e learning

ICT Solutions and E Learning Advantages

Interactive Response System and E Learning

Classroom design and e learning advantage